Trenta

4With spring coming you might be thinking about ice coffee

or perhaps a half sweet raspberry passion tea lemonade

And you might be thinking that the new Iced drink size at starbucks - The Trenta - sounds like a good idea

But is it really??

Its 916mL  - thats bigger than the average capacity of the human stomach!!!

and besides the size.....

think about allllll the sugar that is packed into this jumbo cup.

a venti iced espresso drink can range from 160calories all the way up to 600 calories

and have between 5 and 13g of carbs... or sugar.

The trenta is an additional 325mL... I cant even imagine.

Unfortunately the nutritional information isn't available on the site yet...

Good News Coffee Loving Ladies

A new preliminary study published in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association has found a correlation between drinking more than one cup of coffee a day and 22-25% reduced risk of stroke in women (compared to those who drink less)

While this study is a correlation and cant say that coffee causes the reduced risk of stroke - it is thought that this may be due to the anti-inflammatory properties or coffee improving insulin-resistance which can lead to a reduced risk.

Read the whole article HERE

Ironically (or coordinated??) this news came out on the same day of Starbucks 40th anniversary...

the same day they launched the new look and brought in petite pastries...

Cake pops!!!

Flight the Flu Part 3

How to fight off Colds and Flu

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Drink lots and lots of hot liquids

Whether its tea, hot lemon water or coffee the hot beverage can help boost your immunity.

Hot lemon is especially good because along with the immunity benefits, it can help increase liver function to release more digestive enzymes, it also has vitamin C, antioxidants and calcium

So boil the kettle, slice up a lemon and drink up!

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